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Dietetics , Job Satisfaction , Analysis of Variance , Career Mobility , Female , Humans , Salaries and Fringe Benefits , Sex Factors , South Carolina , Surveys and QuestionnairesSubject(s)
Diabetes Mellitus/diet therapy , Food Services , Menu Planning , Patient Education as Topic , Teaching/methods , Videotape Recording , Adult , Aged , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , TelevisionABSTRACT
Such treatments as vegetarian diets, fresh or raw diets, allergy diets, no-dairy-products diets, fasting, vitamin and mineral supplementation, apple cider vinegar, and honey drinks are touted in the popular press as effective for the treatment of arthritis. In contrast to conventional therapies, the unproven treatments promise not only relief from symptoms but freedom from the disease as long as the diet regimen is followed. Several of the remedies appear to be harmless, but others are dangerous, especially if followed for prolonged periods. Nutrition professionals should be aware of the nature of these treatments and be prepared to offer sound, scientifically based but nonjudgmental care and information.
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Arthritis, Rheumatoid/diet therapy , Diet Fads , Counseling , Energy Intake , Feeding Behavior , Humans , Patient Education as TopicABSTRACT
The parents of 262 infants were interviewed. The age of each infant at the introduction of solid foods and whether he/she was breast fed were recorded. Four years later, as many as possible of the heights and the weights of the children were collected. More than 80% of the parents introduced solid foods during the first 2 months of life. Breast-fed infants were given solid foods later than formula-fed infants for the most part. The longer the duration of breast feeding, the later solids were likely to be introduced. However, the time of the introduction of solids was not related to the prevalence of obesity. Neither breast feeding itself nor the duration of breast feeding related to the prevalence of obesity in the children studied.
